speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. look to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. but the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] that was easy, you write? i never thought we d get up here. my father always told me, it s not how you start it s how you finish and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leader jeffries, there will be times we agree, and many tanks we will defer. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. but that s my commitment to you. after taking his own oath of office says the speakers were in the members of the 118th congress and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes. too short
in after waiting on the historic 15th ballot. it is not my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel. to a son of bakersfield, a former small business owner, a proud product of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] that was easy, huh? i never thought we d get up here. my father always told me, it s not how you start it s how you finish and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leader jeffries, there will be times we agree, and many tanks we will defer. i promise our debates will be passionate, but they will never be personal. but that s my commitment to you. after taking his own oath of office, the speakers swore in in the members of the 118th congress and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes. too short of a majority of the house with six members voting present. it was of cours
continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former of a firefighter s household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you start, it is how you finish. and now we need to finish strong for the american people. to leaders jeffries, there will be times we agree and many times we will defer. i promise our debate will be passionate, but they will never be personal. that is my commitment to you. so after taking his own oath of office, the speaker then foreign members of the 118 congress, and despite making a broad range of concessions, speaker mccarthy only won his office with 216 votes, too short of a majority of the h
and the humiliation that s come with that here in front of the whole nation. tonight we begin with how we got here, because everyone s been absorbing the days of chaos, headlines about the failure of the republican majority to get its work start in the its new congress. a story that really goes beyond politics and it s reaching people who don t always follow the swearing in or the speaker s race. if you approach this with fresh eyes as many americans have, saying what s going on over there? you may wonder why the big chaotic fight continues with rolling losses for republicans. why is it happening at the finish line of a win for the gop in the midterms? and why is the big fight in washington within one party, not between one of the typically warring factions between parties? there are many factors but three reasons loom large. first a crop of republicans who are more focused on hijacking than running. second, this trump internet industrial complex that puts the content, the tr
good evening, chris. what a ride. i mean history, day three, we hadn t today three of history. they, as rebecca saying on friday, big british parliament energy without the intelligence and the phone. she did say that part, but i will. i do love british parliament energy. i i like the rockets this. i m into it. there s something into the rockets in this, although this is just uncontrolled chaos. nobody is driving the bus. and here we are. thank you, as always. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it is 9 pm on the east coast and there is still no house of representatives seated in the united states of america. today, republican leader kevin mccarthy lost three rounds voting for speaker, bringing his total number of failed votes to six. this evening, the house was set to hold a seventh vote for speaker of the house, but within the past hour, the house voted to adjourn and close up shop for the night and come back tomorrow. when it drag this thin